text: Nuclear power is considered "green technology" in that it does not produce carbon dioxide, a green house gas, as do traditional natural gas or coal-fired power plants.  The economics of the deployment of mini nuclear reactors has been discussed in an article in "[http://www.economist.com/node/17647651 The Economist]".
  The advantages of mini nuclear reactors has also been discussed by Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu.  As discussed by Chu, the reactors would be manufactured in a factory-like situation and then transported, intact by rail or ship to different parts of the country or world.  Economy of scale by size is replaced by economy of scale by number.  Many companies are not willing to accept the risk of investing $8B to $9B dollars in single large reactor, so one of the most attractive features of process miniaturization is a reduction in the risk of capital investment, and the possibility of recovering investment by reselling and relocating a functional turn-key microprocess to a new owner - a major economic advantage of the portability of microprocesses.